Photographer Selim Harbi is drawn to West Africa for its culture and its handicrafts – specifically, its masks – and the people behind the masks.

For more than three decades, James Gaasch helped bring the globe to Humboldt State University as a professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures.He taught numerous courses during his ...

An antiques dealer who sold a rare African mask for $4.6 million won a legal battle with the elderly couple who sold it to him for $165 without realizing the treasure’s actual worth.

PARIS – A celebrated 19th century mask by the West African Fang tribe fetched more than $7.5 million at auction in Paris, a record for a work of primitive art, organizers said Sunday. The mask ...

Mr. Kéré, 57, grew up around traditional masks in his family’s home in the village of Gando in Burkina Faso, in West Africa, where they were meant to act as protection or bring good luck.

Irish Gaelic and West African Masks: ... Al Jazeera “‘Of course, these masks are not given full power during the festival,’ one musician explained during a break.

Popularly known as the "Krugier-Picasso mask," a 19th century West African mask that will be part of the Jan Krugier Collection sale at Christie's on November 4 was an important inspiration to ...

Photographer Selim Harbi was drawn to West Africa for its culture and its handicrafts – specifically, its masks. When he visited the region in 2014, he spent time asking people all about the ...